The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-25
In Brief.

Herman l. Browning and Mary Hart were
licensed to marry yesterday.
John F. Reynolds, Charles Smith and Fritz
Owens. who have been in jail for several months.
charged with stealing neckties from Ryan. the
halter. were released on their own recognizance,
yesterday. by Judge Irwin
The following building permits issued
yesterday: William Mohs. frame stable on
frame cottage on Howard street. near Fifth,
5000; Nueree & Reinkine. brick addition to NJ.
l. D i. Block on Circle street, 81, 900.
Jerry Elliott. the porter the Big Four rail-
road. who has been giving his friends much
nDeasiness because OF his mysterious absence
since Tuesday, returned 70 his boarding house
on South Tennessee street yesterday morning.
HE has been spending tie week with an uncle
near Augusta, and was greatly surprised to find
that his absence had caused SO much anxiety.
HUNTING FOR RUNAWAY WIFE.
f. c. Mershon. young man from Cincinnati,
is in the city in search of his wife. who ran
away from home two three days ago. She is
only sixteen years old, but in her brief married
experience has left her husband three times.
However, he loves her, and is very anxious to
recover her. He traced her to Columbus, Ind,
where her mother resides. and from there to this
city, but he has been unable to find her.
STUPID WORK OF BURGLARS.
bungling attempt was made to rob the safe
in F. w. Noting g. Co.'S grocery store. No. $50
Madison avenue, Thursday night. The thieves
got lnto the store through q rear door. ana
drilled hole through the safe. but were unable
to unlock IL. because it not locked. Inside
was several hundred dollars the thieves could
have had without any labor at all. had they been
smart enough to have tried the lock, which,
through neglect had been left open.
THE BUILDERS EXCHANGE PICNIC.
AT regular meeting of the Builders Ex-
change, held this week. it decided to cele-
brate the Fourth of July by holding their first
annual picnic on that day. The committee
arrangements have secured the exclusive of
the beautiful grounds about the old Rowland
homestead, near Millersville, where every
rangement will be made for the comfort and
pleasure of all the members of the Exchange
their families and invited friends Over
thousand invitation tickets have already been
sent out The committee will provide wagons
Tor all who have no conveyance If the name and
mum Der of persons to GO is left at the Exchange
Hall not later than Tuesday next.
STOLEN HORSES TRACED TO CHICAGO.
John Scudder, the liyeryman, received tele
gram from Chicago last night stating that his
horse. stolen last Tuesday evening. with two
others, had been shipped to that city from Lado-
ga. Hendricks county. The thief accompanied
them. and was shrewd enough to unload them
and dispose of them before the officers discov-
cred that they were the stolen horses The
horses were shipped from Ladoga early
Tuesday morning The police here are inclined
to believe that there is a band of horse thieves
operating between this city and CHICAGO, and
that nearly all the horses taken recently have
been driven out to small railroad stations and
then shipped to that city. A fine Indian pony
belonging to Professor Schel,sch midi, residing at
No. oil East Market street, stolen from in
front of his residence at 9 o'clock last night.